Funny how they complain about the Jag's bland styling on China AND the USA!
Of the Jag and Merc I myself would pick the Jag just because the Mercedes doesn't look good from most angles, flat out awkward sometimes. To me part of luxury is no-compromise style, the Merc's style is compromised.
And I hadn't realized the Merc has a column shift. I supposed for some on GMI that will be the hallmark of saying "I'm luxury" and should applaud Mercedes for being true to its roots. Yet GM does it on the Escalade and it is tacky.
And I hadn't realized the Merc has a column shift. I supposed for some on GMI that will be the hallmark of saying "I'm luxury" and should applaud Mercedes for being true to its roots. Yet GM does it on the Escalade and it is tacky.
C-Class for me. It's comfortable and refined yet not sloppy. Plus that interior. I don't personally have a use for a serious "sport" sedan, but rather a luxury sedan that's competent overall.
MB's shifter certainly looks very cheap. Why is the 'window' in it so amorphously shaped, does anything show up in the left-hand 50% of it or is that lens taken from the parts bin of another model?
No doubt there are many who believe that MB shifter has NO PLACE being in a car of that price tier and marketed image.
This car is definitely firming as a replacement for my current. I don't think I can swing the supercharged S, but the 25T Portfolio sounds interesting enough. Wish there was a manual - might tempt me into an F-type instead.
It doesn't matter while Jag will never be able to build enough to challenge the 3 or C in the sales stakes - even though their new plants are doubling their production capacity, they cannot even make enough XEs to challenge the 3 in Europe, if they sent all of them there!. I think they will be very happy if - as appears - they cannot keep up with demand.
I cannot believe they used piano black plastics in that Jag.
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